Holy Parabellum Batman!

BradC34 · 07-29-2009, 09:56 PM

First post here. I've looked around before because I've always had a huge fascination with Lugers. I even considered buying a used .22lr Luger at Gander Mtn. just so I could get my Luger fix, though I've heard some bad things about them (like they don't auto reload very well).

I did however recently discover that my grandad has a P.08 Luger. Twenty-one years and it never came up in conversation. I guess he always though I was more interested in baseball so we never really talked guns. He actually mentioned it kind of coyly after my mom wanted me to show him my Beretta 92FS I carry for CCW. Said "I have a 9 mm Luger... Parabellum..." I wasn't sure what to say at first, thinking he was just mixed up and the gun he had fired the 9 mm Luger round. Turns out it was a 1941 byf Black Widow Luger. He got it from his father in law who got it as collateral for a loan a long time ago. Apparently the guy never paid the loan because now my grandad has it along with an original holster. I'm trying to get him to let me shoot it. It's definitely a shooter cause he's had it out with other family a bit more than a month ago. I'm lobbying for heirloom status. I'd love nothing more than to pass that on to my son someday. It is the single most historic device I have ever held in my hands.

And now for the reason I decided to post in the first place. I was watching The League of Extaordinary Gentleman and the Dorian Gray character pulled a gold-plated artillery Luger and dropped a few rounds into a sailor. I actually stopped, rewound the movie (DVR for the win), and watched it again just to enjoy it. My first response was "I want one." haha

Sorry for the long first post. Just wanted to introduce myself and my connection to Lugers before I started getting gushy over a gun in LXG.

07-29-2009, 09:56 PM	#1
BradC34 User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Holy Parabellum Batman! First post here. I've looked around before because I've always had a huge fascination with Lugers. I even considered buying a used .22lr Luger at Gander Mtn. just so I could get my Luger fix, though I've heard some bad things about them (like they don't auto reload very well). I did however recently discover that my grandad has a P.08 Luger. Twenty-one years and it never came up in conversation. I guess he always though I was more interested in baseball so we never really talked guns. He actually mentioned it kind of coyly after my mom wanted me to show him my Beretta 92FS I carry for CCW. Said "I have a 9 mm Luger... Parabellum..." I wasn't sure what to say at first, thinking he was just mixed up and the gun he had fired the 9 mm Luger round. Turns out it was a 1941 byf Black Widow Luger. He got it from his father in law who got it as collateral for a loan a long time ago. Apparently the guy never paid the loan because now my grandad has it along with an original holster. I'm trying to get him to let me shoot it. It's definitely a shooter cause he's had it out with other family a bit more than a month ago. I'm lobbying for heirloom status. I'd love nothing more than to pass that on to my son someday. It is the single most historic device I have ever held in my hands. And now for the reason I decided to post in the first place. I was watching The League of Extaordinary Gentleman and the Dorian Gray character pulled a gold-plated artillery Luger and dropped a few rounds into a sailor. I actually stopped, rewound the movie (DVR for the win), and watched it again just to enjoy it. My first response was "I want one." haha Sorry for the long first post. Just wanted to introduce myself and my connection to Lugers before I started getting gushy over a gun in LXG.